WEEKLY: Survey on China's BFs maintenance on Jul 22

As of July 21, among 247 steelmakers nationwide, blast furnace (BF) capability utilization rate registered at 81.4%, 2.6 percentage points lower on week. The operating rate among these steel plants reached 73.16%, 3.8 percentage points lower on week. The daily molten iron output among the mills also decreased by 70,200 tonnes/day over the period to 2.19 million t/d.